1337 Speak Converter

leet-speak-converter.py

# 1337 Speak Converter
# Author:  Joshua Paul Barnard
# Date: January 29th, 2024

# This is my 1337 speak converter.  There are many like it, but this one is mine.
# There are many different ways to use 1337 speak, and some letters can have tens of variations.
# So I created this converter to be able to quickly convert text into my style of 1337.


# Function to replace characters
def replace_chars(input_string, replacements):
    modified_string = ""
    for char in input_string:
        modified_string += replacements.get(char, char)
    return modified_string


# Define the characters to be replaced.
leet_replacements = {
    '1' : 'i',
    '2' : 'Z',
    '3' : 'E',
    '4' : 'A',
    '5' : 'S',
    '6' : 'b',
    '7' : 'T',
    '8' : 'B',
    '9' : 'q',
    '0' : 'o',
    'a': '/-\\',
    'A': '/-\\',
    'b': '8',
    'B': '8',
    'c': '(',
    'C': '(',
    'd': '[)',
    'D': '[)',
    'e': '3',
    'E': '3',
    'f': '|=',
    'F': '|=',
    'g': '6',
    'G': '6',
    'h': '|-|',
    'H': '|-|',
    'i': '1',
    'I': '1',
    'j': '_|',
    'J': '_|',
    'k': '|<',
    'K': '|<',
    'l': '|_',
    'L': '|_',
    'm': '/\\/\\',
    'M': '/\\/\\',
    'n': '/\\/',
    'N': '/\\/',
    'o': '0',
    'O': '0',
    'p': '|>',
    'P': '|>',
    'q': '(,)',
    'Q': '(,)',
    'r': '|2',
    'R': '|2',
    's': '5',
    'S': '5',
    't': '7',
    'T': '7',
    'u': '|_|',
    'U': '|_|',
    'v': '\\/',
    'V': '\\/',
    'w': '\\/\\/',
    'W': '\\/\\/',
    'x': '><',
    'X': '><',
    'y': '`/',
    'Y': '`/',
    'z': '-/_',
    'Z': '-/_'
}


# Request input for the english words to be converted.
original_input = input("Enter your text to be converted into 1337: ")

# Perform replacement of letters and numbers to 1337-style
leet_speak = replace_chars(original_input, leet_replacements)
print(leet_speak)